I read with concern the report that the Ministry of Health (MOH) has taken action against private specialists for overtreating, overclaiming, or claiming for procedures that were not done (
It is worrisome that Britain has been engulfed in a series of violent attacks by far-right, anti-immigrant agitators. Counter-protesters have also shown up.
This National Day, I will don red and white, and head to a gathering with some Singaporean friends, where we plan to watch the live stream of the National Day Parade.
Over the last week, I have been marvelling at the stupendous feats of some of the athletes at the Paris Olympics. Among them, the jaw-dropping acrobatics of the American gymnast Simone Biles, the smashing of the 100m freestyle world record by the Chinese swimming sensation Pan Zhanle, who powered to victory by the unheard-of margin of a body length, and the casual brilliance of the 51-year old Turkish air-pistol specialist Yusuf Dikec, who won the silver medal, nonchalantly shooting in a T shirt, wearing his normal glasses and with one hand in his pocket.